US to tell partners they must pick sides in AI race with China | Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/us-tell-partners-they-must-pick-sides-ai-race-with-china-2026-08-14/
Albertsons Says Its Shoppers Are Buying More—Thanks to AI - WSJ
https://www.wsj.com/cio-journal/albertsons-says-its-shoppers-are-buying-morethanks-to-ai-81793975?mod=rss_Technology
Alibaba challenges Meta with new laptop-ready AI model
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/17/alibaba-meta-qwen-open-weight-ai-laptop-models.html
The Hottest AI Models Aren't the Ones Developers Actually Use - Business Insider
https://www.businessinsider.com/top-ai-models-usage-data-hugging-face-2026-8
Your AI is emailing my AI—and nobody's in charge
Half of U.S. workers use AI to write their messages. - Fast Company
https://www.fastcompany.com/91588570/ai-emailing-ai-nobodys-in-charge?partner=rss
Code fixers have fired up the AI warp drive. Strange new worlds await
https://www.theregister.com/columnists/2026/08/17/code-fixers-have-fired-up-the-ai-warp-drive-strange-new-worlds-await/5287681
What AI chatbots can do with your personal data
https://www.axios.com/2026/08/17/secrets-share-ai-openai-meta-google-anthropic
'I see the incredible promise': on set of an AI film shoot as new studios embrace controversial tech | Film industry | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/16/directors-embracing-ai-film-making
Why people aren't buying Mark Zuckerberg's AI future | TechCrunch
https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/16/why-people-arent-buying-mark-zuckerbergs-ai-future/
Dario Amodei Says AI Needs to 'Actually' Cure Cancer to Win Over Public - Business Insider
https://www.businessinsider.com/anthropic-ceo-dario-amodei-ai-public-opinion-cure-cancer-2026-8
What AI chatbots can do with your personal data
>Imagine a chatbot built to keep you talking a little longer. To change your mind about something. Or persuade you to buy something. Now imagine it could draw on everything it knows about you — including the fears, insecurities and private details you shared in conversation — to do it.
>"The more a system knows about you, the easier it will be to make escalating requests for private details in a way that feels natural"
If you thought they knew everything about us already...
Dario Amodei Says AI Needs to 'Actually' Cure Cancer to Win Over Public
That would be a great day.
► Climate scientists are not alarmists but have underestimated recent climate changes.
► We identify a directional bias toward erring on the side of least drama (ESLD).
► ESLD is an internal pressure arising from norms of objectivity, restraint, etc.
► ESLD may cause scientists to underpredict or downplay future climate changes.
Climate change prediction: Erring on the side of least drama? - ScienceDirect
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0959378012001215
Chinese scientists achieve record-breaking 24.0% efficieny for large-area perovskite solar modules - pv magazine Global
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2026/08/17/chinese-scientists-achieve-record-breaking-24-0-efficieny-for-meter-scale-perovskite-solar-modules/
Section 232 minimum import prices force foreign solar to match U.S. production costs - pv magazine Global
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2026/08/17/section-232-minimum-import-prices-force-foreign-solar-to-match-u-s-production-costs/
AAAaaaccckkk!
Reddit's AI is turning posts into podcasts and short videos | The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/tech/981289/reddit-ai-text-video-posts
Some, but not all....
Be a hater all you want, AI's here to stay
https://www.theregister.com/columnists/2026/08/17/be-a-hater-all-you-want-ais-here-to-stay/5288275
Anthropic's annualized revenue surges to $65B | TechCrunch
https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/17/anthropics-annualized-revenue-surges-to-65b/